Folding bed



f UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH NOVAK AND JOSEPH STOBEL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FOLDING BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,363, dated February28, 1882.

Application filed December 2, i681. (No model.)

To all who-m it may concern:

Beit known that we, JOSEPH NOVAK and JOSEPH STROBEL, both of Chicago, inthe county of Cook and State of Illinois,l have invented certain usefulImprovements in Folding Beds, of whichthe following is a full, clear,and exact description. 1

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similarletters of referenceindicatecorresponding parts in all the gures.

Figure l is a plan view of our improvement extended foruse, partof thewire mattress being broken away. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation ofthe same, taken through the line w Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is the same section asFig. 2, but showing the bed folded.

'lhe objectof thisinvention is to apply wovenwire mattresses to foldingbeds.

The invention consists in a novel construction and arrangement of parts,as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

A represents a folding bedstead, which folds together at the center. Thefolding hinges B are attached to the adjacent ends of strips C, hingedto the upper edges of the side boards of the bedstead A, which arerecessed to receive the said strips, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,-.When'the bedstead A is opened for use the hinged strips C are turneddown against the outer sides of the said side boards to lock thebedstead open and at the same time make it more convenient for a persongetting into and out of bed.

D are latches, which are hinged to the bottom of one part of thebedstead in such positions that they will engage with catches E,attached to the bottom of the other part of the bedstead. The latches Dare held in gear with the catches E by the wire springs F, attached tothem and to the hinging-rod G, with which the said latches D arerigidlyT connected.

Upon the ends of the rod G are formed, or to lthem are rigidly attached,arms H, which project in the opposite direction from the latches D, sothat the said latches D can be raised from the catches E by operatingthe said arms H. The arms H are operated by cords I, attached to them,and which pass out through holes in the bottom of the bedstead, as shownin Figs. 2 and 3.

stead side boards.

The bedstead is supported upon legs J ,which have casters K attached totheir lower ends, and arehinged at their upper ends to suppo'i ts L,attached to the bottom of the. bedstead.

To the lower parts of' the legs J are hinged the lower ends ofbrace-rods M, the upper ends of which are hinged to the bottom ofthebedstead near its joint. With this construction the rods M brace thelegs J in position when the bedstead is opened, as shown in Fig. 2, anddraw and hold the said legs against the bottoms of the parts ofthebedstead when the said bedstead is folded, as shown in Fig. 3.

N is a woven-wire mattress, the ends of which are attached to the bar Oandthe roller P, respectively.

To the ends of the bar O are attached short levers Q, the lower arms ofwhich are pivoted to supports It, attached to the lower parts of thehead ends of the side boards of the bedstead A. To the upper arms of thelevers Q are hinged the ends of rods S, which extend along the innersurfaces of the head parts of the side boards of the bedstead A, andpass through guides T, attached to the said parts. The ends of the rodsS project across thejoint in the side boards of the bedstead, so as tostrike against the concaved surface of the stopblocks U, attached to thefoot parts of the bedv With this construction when the bedstead isopened the ends of the rods S strike the stop-blocks U before the saidbedstead is fully opened so that the opening ofthe bedsteadwill pressthe rods S toward the head of the bedstead, moving the bar O in the samedirection and putting the mattress N under tension. With thisconstruction when the bedstead begins to move in being closed themattress N is slackened and readily folds between the parts of thebedstead, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3.

V are spiral springs placed upon the rods S. One end ofthe sprngsVrcstsagainst the guides T, and their other ends are attached to the rods S.The springsVare designed-to support part of the rearward pressure of therods S, and prevent the said rods from pressing so hard against thestop-blocks Uas to force the bedstead side boards apart at the lowerends of their joints. The ends of the foot-roller P work in sockets W,attached to the foot ends ICO of the side boards ofthe bedstead. To theends of the roller P are attached levers X, which move along.,rcatch-bars Y, attached to the side boards ofthe bedstead, so that thetension of the mattress can be regulated by adjusting the levers X.`This construction also allows a greater tension to be given' to oneside of the mattress than to the other, it' desired-as, for instance,when one of two persons who are to sleep in the bed be heavier than theother.

The middle part of the mattress N is supported b v spiral springs Z,attached to the bottom ofthe bedstead, as shown in Figs. l and 2.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentv l. In a folding bed, the combination, with theside'boards of the bedstead and the bar O,

to which one end of the mattress is attached, of the pivoted levers Qattached to the ends of the said bar, the rods S, andthe concavedstopblock U, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a folding bed, the combination, with the side boards of thebedstead, the bar O, and 25 the mattress N, of the pivoted levers Q, therods S, stops U, and springs V, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

3. 1n a folding bed, the combination, with the latches D and the catchesE,of the rod G, 3o

